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@uiten ,g gntmt -ffirixl Letters Patent No. 67,253, slated July 30, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE FOR LINING PERCUSSION-CAPS.

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'TO ALL 'WI-IOM IT MAY ACONCERN:

Be itrknown that I, AMOS S. BLAKE, ofhl'aterbury, in the county'of New-Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and improved Machine for Lining Percussion-Capsg and I do hereby declare that the following'is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, 'reference-being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

In the machine embracedl in the present invention, the caps inregular order and succession., one after another., are taken under the punch and die-by a slide arranged to move forward and backward across the plane of movement ofthe said punch and die, when, having been there deposited, the punch is moved down through the die, punching therein, from the strip of tin-foil fed along and through it with an intermittent rectilinear4 motion,

'the lining to the cap, which, by the continued downward movement to the punch, is carriedby it down and upon an elastic' or yielding bed,`whereon the punch enters the c'ap, compressing and fixing the lining therein, when the punch, being then Withdrawn from the die, the slide carrying caps thereto is moved, throwing oil', by a stud or pin from the said bed Whereon the cap was lined, that cap, While at the same time it carries forward to .the

punchanother cap, to be operated upon it and lined, as before, and so on, as long as motion is imparted to the machine.

Having thus in general terms stated the general and principal-features of the machine embraced by the present invention, I will now proceed to describe the same in detail, reference' being had to the accompanying plates of drawings, in

Plate 1,'o'fvg1vhich 'Figure 1 is an elevation of the front side ofthe machine, and

Figure 2 a transverse horizontal section, taken in the planeof the line 'w w, g. l.

In Plate 2, Figure 3, a transverse vertical section, taken in the plane 'of the line x x, iig. 2, Plate 1, and

Figure-"4 arplan view ofthe under side of the bed or foundation-plate to' the machine.

AIn Plate, Figure 6, an elevation of one end ofthe machine.

Figure 5,a vertical section from the front to the rear siderofv therniacline, taken in the plane of the line y y, iig. Plate i. i

Fig-ure Y, a plan view of anotherform of plate for carrying caps to slide, to be carried by it to the punch and die.

Figure 8, a central section through a cap on an enlarged scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A,'in the drawings, represents the bed-piece or foundation-plate of the machine, to which are secured two parallel uprights B, connected together at suitable points of their heights by horizontal cross-bars or braces C. D, the driving-shaft of the machine, hung and arranged to turn in suitable bearings of the upper end of the uprights B, across from one to the other of which it. extends in a horizontal plane. E and F, two eccentric wheels secured to shaft D, one, E, between its two bearings, and the other, F,^outside of the same, and at one end ofthe shaft. Gr,- a strap placed loosely uponeccentric E. To this strap Gr, by its under side, is pvoted or swivelled the upper end I-I'of the stock or spindle I, carrying at its lower end the punching-tool J; this stock I moving inra vertical plane in and throughl the cross-plates or braces C to the uprights B, with-its punch projecting oelow its lower brace C. The punch. may be secured in any proper, manner within the stock I. .I2 the die-block of the machine, secured to upper side of bell-piece A, in suitable position for the punch to pass up and down .through the same as, by the turning of the shaft, to the eccentric of' which it is hung, as was described, it moves up land down in aivertical plane. K, a slide, arranged Within a suitable groove or way, L, of' the bed-piece, to move in a planeat right angles across the length of the die-block J2, and below its upper surface, passing also under `two strap-platesor bars M, having dove-tailed edges, and secured to bed-piece in pla-nes parallel to the length of the die-block, and'at equal distances therefrom upon each side. N, pins or studs, secured on upper side of slide-K, l'tivo at each end. O, right-angular arms, hung to upright pins or centres P of bed-piece A so as to freely swing thereon, which arms, by their longer portions or branches Q, rest upon the slide K, one-at each end thereof, with their outer ends engaged with the pins N of such slide, but,'by their shorter portions or' branches R, carrying spring-:pawls S, that are hung so as to swing thereon, and at their ends or points to engage i ',withthe ratchet-teeth T, formed along one ofthe edges to plates U, arranged to move and slide upon the strapbars or plates M,ihereinbe`ore referred to. The plates U are the holders and carriers for the percussion-caps and for this purpose eachhas a series of apertures W along their length, from one end to the other, at equal and regular distances apart in each case, in which apertures the caps a-re to be placed. X, an aperture in each strap-plate or bar for the cup-carrier plates, which aperture, in each bar, is at a point in line with the series of apertures in the carriereplate moving upon such bar, and in a straight line with each other and the centre hole of the die-block, holes Y being also made in. the slide at two points of the same, and in a corresponding line with each other to that through the apertures in carrier-plate and die-block. Z, a pin or stud at one end of slide and upon its under side, which pin moves around and within a cam-groove or slot, A2, made in the upper face of a horizontal circular disk or plate, B2, secured to the lower end of an upright shaft, C2, arranged to turn inl suitable bearings of the bed-piece A, and bracket-arm D2, secured to one of the uprghts B. With the upper end of shaft- C2 the driving-shaft is connected, through bevel-gear wheels E2 and F2 suitably attached therefor. Through the die-block, in the direction of its length, and parallel to the line of movement of the cap-carrying plates, a way, F3, is made, through which, from one end .of the die to the other, across its opening, is to pass acontinueus strip or ribbon of tin-foil; and from thence to and between feed-rolls G", placed one along side of and parallel to the other, with the two in the same horizontal plane, and turning in suitable bearings ,of the uprights B to the bed-piece A. These feed-rolls G2 are geared together at one end, so as to revolve with the same speed; andto one of the rollers is attached a ratchebgear wheel, H2, with which engages one end of a pawl-lever, I2, that is hung from the eccentric F of the driving-shaft, through a metal straphand, J3, passing around the same.` Below the opening in the die J2 is secured a bent spring, M3, by each of its ends, forming a rest or bed for the cap as it is forced through the die by the downward movement of the punch in the same, N3 opening upon each side of spring M3 to allow the cap knocked -from thel spring M3 by-a pin, O3, of the slide to escape from the machine.

In the operation of the machine herein just above described in detail, the carrying-plates nre charged with the caps by placing them in their holes, when, turning the driving-shaft in the proper direction, such plates are alternately and intermittently moved forward or toward the slide, bringing their holes holding the caps in regular order and succession, but alternately, over or in line with the aperture in such slide, into which ap'crtures the caps in such holes of the inner plates then drop or fall, and by it, as it is moved through the die with an interlnittent forward and backward motion, carried thereto into proper position for the punch as itthen descends to enter the cap, the punch as it descends punching the ribbon or strip of tin-foil fed o-r passing through the die with an intermittent rectilinear motion, and carrying the piece thus punched, or, in other words, the blank, down into the cap, wherein, by the punch, it is then fixed against the inside end of the cap, producing the desired lining thereto to the fulminate, the cap resting upon the elastic spring-bed M3, which obvia-tes all danger of its explosion by the punch. The punch then ascends, and, moving out of the die, the slide then moves, knocking or throwing off by its stud the cap just lined from the spring-bed, at the same time carrying forward another cap to the punch and die to be operated upon by the former and lined, and so on, as

-before,'(the cap in this case being taken from the opposite carrier-plate to that from which in the former case it was taken.) The carrier-plates for the caps may be provided with more than one row of apertures to receive the caps; and, in other ways, may have their capacity for holding the caps increased to a greater or lesserextent. In conclusion, it may be here remarked that, with the carrier-plates for the caps t0 the slide, such plates can be charged with caps 'before being inserted in the machine, 4and as they pass out of operation vcan be recharged and replaced therein.

' What I claim new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. slidefor carrying the caps to the die and punch for being acted upon by the latter, when such slide is arranged to have an intermittent forward and backward motion as the punch moves up and down through the die, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In combination with the above, a plate or plates suitably constructed to receive the caps, and so arranged and operated with regard to the slide, for carrying them to the punch and die, as to feed and deliver the caps to the slide, substantially as described.

AMOS S. BLAKE.

Witnesses:

PETER W. POWELL, L. SANFORD DAvrEs. 

